Ceylinco Life Uplifts Ridgeway
Ceylinco Life Director/Deputy CEO Thushara Ranasinghe (third from right) presents the company’s donation to Colombo University’s Paediatrics’ Department Head Professor (Ms.) Manouri P. Senanayake. Others from left are: Consultant Neuro Physician Dr. Githanji Wanigasinghe, Colombo University’s Medicine Faculty Dean Prof. Rohan Jayasekera, Ceylinco Healthcare Services General Manager Tharuka De Silva and Ceylinco Life Senior Manager H A Suraweera.
Life insurance leader Ceylinco Life has extended its community initiatives to the Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital, addressing several needs of this premier medical facility in Colombo.
The company recently donated 25 foldable beds, renovated the lighting and electrical system, installed fans and repaired defective sections of Ward 1’s concrete soffit.
The foldable beds are for use of parents of warded children who stay over at the hospital.
Thanking Ceylinco Life for its contribution, Colombo University’s Paediatrics’ Department Head Professor (Ms.) Manouri P. Senanayake said: “The mothers of long-stay and very sick children are now able to get some rest at night due to the generosity of your organisation.
Ceylinco Life’s efforts towards improving this children’s ward’s physical environment are appreciated by the Professorial Paediatric Unit’s staff.”
Ceylinco Life is responsible for a series of multi-faceted community programmes conducted annually in many parts of Sri Lanka. The company’s flagship project “Waidya Hamuwa,” a free medical camp series conducted by travelling doctor teams has directly interacted with and touched more than 100,000 people’s lives of over the past eight years. The company also conducts educational seminar series for pregnant mothers annually and organises countrywide blood donation camps with the National Blood Transfusion Service.
In the education area, Ceylinco Life is committed to supporting educational infrastructure development for underprivileged schools in rural areas. This comprises building schools’ classroom blocks and providing water supply facilities to those in need.
